FCDOT Paving and Restriping Program for 2025
Description: Virtual Meetings
Date: Various (see below)
Details: https://www.fairfaxcounty.gov/transportation/2025-paving-and-restriping-program
Summary: VDOT and the Fairfax County Department of Transportation (FCDOT) use this program as an opportunity to increase safety for people who walk, bike, and drive with road and crosswalk improvements while minimizing the financial investment in restriping work. Your feedback is important! Attend a virtual meeting, or submit comments through the program webpage (link above).
Meeting Schedule:
Sully/Dranesville – 4/7 @7pm
Hunter Mill/Providence/Braddock – 4/8 @7pm
Mount Vernon – 4/9 @7pm
Franconia – 4/10 @7pm
Springfield/Mason – 4/21 @7pm
Provide Feedback on VDOT I-495 Southside Highway Widening project
Description: Two Open Houses; on-line comment form
Dates: Open Houses scheduled 4/7 and 4/9
Summary: VDOT, in cooperation with the Federal Highway Administration (FHWA) and other federal, state and local agencies in Virginia and Maryland, is conducting an environmental study to potentially extend the express lanes system on the southern section of I-95/I-495 (Capital Beltway), by approximately 11 miles from the Springfield Interchange (I-95/I-395/I-495) in Fairfax County, Virginia, across the Woodrow Wilson Memorial Bridge, to the MD 210 interchange in Prince George’s County, Maryland.
Franconia, Monday, April 7 Open House 6:30-8:30 p.m., with a presentation at 7 p.m.
Thomas Edison HS (cafeteria)
5801 Franconia Road, Alexandria
Alexandria; Wednesday, April 9 Open House 6:30-8:30 p.m., with a presentation at 7 p.m.
Nannie J. Lee Memorial Recreation Center
1108 Jefferson Street, Alexandria
Can’t make an Open House? Submit comments on-line: https://publicinput.com/l74836
Our friends at the Coalition for Smarter Growth have some thoughts about better solutions for our region’s traffic problems: https://smartergrowth.net/stopping-sprawl-highway-projects/demand-better-solutions-for-495-southside-and-woodrow-wilson-bridge/
Previous A&A Items from 2024:
- January 17th, Public Hearing: Chain Bridge Road Sidewalk and Bus Stop Improvements
- January 18th, Public Meeting: Mount Vernon District Capital Bikeshare Expansion
- January 31st, Open House: Richmond Highway Bus Rapid Transit (BRT) Community Update
- February 10th, Mount Vernon District 37th Annual Town Meeting
- March 19th, Fairfax County Bike Parking Guidelines virtual meeting
- March 30th, Visualize 2050 National Capital Region Transportation Plan feedback
- March-April, Fairfax County’s FY2025 Advertised Budget Plan comments
- March-April, 2024 Paving and Restriping Meetings
- August 22, 2024 Mason and Braddock Districts Capital Bikeshare Expansion
- September 2024 Provide Feedback on Fairfax County Proposed Active Transportation and Trail Network
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